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Fan Chen
Reporter, China
Fan Chen joined the Post in 2024. She has reported in Cambodia, Nepal, and the Czech Republic. Her work appears in Reuters, Newsweek, and Southern People Weekly. She holds two journalism degrees from Columbia Journalism School and New York University.
Fan Chen joined the Post in 2024. She has reported in Cambodia, Nepal, and the Czech Republic. Her work appears in Reuters, Newsweek, and Southern People Weekly. She holds two journalism degrees from Columbia Journalism School and New York University.
Areas of Expertise:
China, PhotographyLanguages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Back-to-back speeches appear to continue relative thaw in run-up to Trump’s expected China trip but sharp swipes are also traded.
At Munich Security Conference, Chinese foreign minister also accuses Japan of ‘angry ambitions for the invasion and colonisation of Taiwan’.
In their second in-person encounter, the two top diplomats hold ‘positive and constructive’ talks.
Analysts say they expect ‘exceptionally intense’ strategic manoeuvring on Taipei when US president and Xi Jinping meet in April.
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Analysts say the Philippines’ approach of ‘assertive transparency’ may be wearing thin at home and in the region.
As 2026 Asean chair, Manila has highlighted its push to finalise within its term a code of conduct covering the contested waters.
Highest court orders new trial in ‘independent’ ruling amid warming China-Canada ties following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit.
Beijing promises more aid to struggling Havana and cooperation with Montevideo as Washington looks to extend its reach in Latin America.
Analysts expect the deals with Washington and Brussels to give New Delhi leverage with Beijing and may even slow the thaw.
New Turkish ambassador Selcuk Unal says the country is seeking deeper ties with China while bridging Asia and Europe.
Research ship Dayang Yihao may have been sailing near the American warship, independent military observer says in a social media post.
Sunday’s meeting between senior officials saw Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warning against the ‘law of the jungle’.
At Davos, world leaders take veiled swipes at the US, while China frames itself as defender of the post-war system, analysts say.
Japanese far-right forces using culture and sports to ‘influence public perception and beautify the history of aggression’, article says.
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife will face charges in New York; US President Donald Trump says ‘much larger attack’ still possible.
Four-day trip starting on Sunday will make Lee Jae-myung the first sitting South Korean president to visit since 2019.
Japan, Australia, Britain and the EU express concern about live-fire and blockade exercises around island.
The pragmatic president is seeking to balance relations with Beijing while keeping Washington onside.
Beijing designated the feature in the South China Sea as a nature reserve earlier this year, prompting criticism from Manila.
Organisers of the weekend convention in Hangzhou did not name Japan directly in its pivot to a ‘Chinese style’ theme.
Experts pushing Beijing’s vision for a new world order say nation can offer an ‘important alternative’ but it needs to improve its messaging.
US world view on outside ties undergoing ‘fundamental, even transformative’ paradigm shift, American affairs expert tells forum in China.
Chinese analysts say Beijing supports Asean’s ‘quiet diplomacy’ too, so long as sovereignty claims are resolved bilaterally.
Vice-minister Sun Weidong says China rejects 2016 arbitration ruling on disputed waters because it breaches fundamentals in international law.
New decade-long loan agreement involving the soft-power ambassadors struck as countries’ leaders seek to boost Sino-French exchanges.
Dispute around new Chinese embassy will be key test of London’s ability to bring bilateral relations out of ‘Ice Age’, according to analysts.
‘The oceans are not calm,’ vice-minister warns in comments aimed at Trump executive order pushing American exploitation of seabed minerals.
Tokyo denies Wall Street Journal report that Japanese leader was advised not to provoke Beijing on Taiwan issue.
Leaders affirm ‘close cooperation’ between Tokyo and Washington.
